forget antiques.
I've got a whole household of collectibles and antiques bought for my pleasure but also to give to the kids....but....they don't care anything about old stuff...IKEA is the way to go...or World Market or the nearest import store....
they like Indian food, LOVE thai food, and any other exotic foods that we did not grow up with...
to hell with that generation NEEDING to buy stuff....if they are happy with older cars, taking the bus, cooking different foods, more power to them...
hey...they don't buy traditional phone service and they don't buy a big cable package, if any...
Good for them....maybe with all their faults, their idea of eschewing materialism is the best thing that could happen to society...
They are being trained to do with less, just like people in the eighties were trained to expect to work 80 hours a week.
they follow orders just as well.